Press Release

December 6, 1999
Contact Vicki Brodnax at 407-646-2526

CORNELL MUSEUM SHOWS “PICASSO'S VOLLARD SUITE”

WINTER PARK, FL — The Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College begins the year 2000 with a magni-ficant exhibition exploring Picasso's Vollard Suite.  Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), the brightest art star of the twentieth century, created 100 stunning etchings from 1930 to 1937 for his flamboyant French dealer, Ambroise Vollard (1867-1939).  Picasso's Vollard Suite, one of the most famous series of etchings in the history of art, is on view at the Cornell Museum from Friday, January 21 ? with a free public reception from 6 to 8 p.m. ? continuing through Sunday, March 5.  Cornell Director Arthur Blumenthal originally organized the show when he was curator of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, which owns these 100 etchings.  The Suite includes Picasso's important Minotaur series and his etchings of The Sculptor's Studio.  “The fusion of creative and sensual powers is never so strongly seen in Picasso's work as in these prints,” wrote Daniel Robbins, visiting professor of art at Dartmouth College, in the show's original catalogue, which will be for sale in the Cornell lobby.

A series of related events will be presented in conjunction with Picasso's Vollard Suite.  On Sunday, February 6, at 3 p.m., Dr. Yve-Alain Bois, professor of art history at Harvard University and a Thomas P. Johnson Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Rollins College, delivers a slide lecture on “Picasso & Matisse.”  Director Blumenthal gives a gallery talk on the show on Tuesday, February 8, at 3 p.m.  On Sunday, February 19, at 3 p.m., Dr. Susan Libby, visiting assistant professor of art history at Rollins College, speaks on “Picasso's Women.”  And a film entitled “Picasso” will be shown in the galleries on Saturday, February 26, at 2 p.m.

Exhibited simultaneously is Breaking Boundaries: Exploration and Collaboration at Atlantic Center for the Arts, which celebrates twenty years of the creative cross-pollination of writers, dancers, composers, and visual artists that defines the multi-disciplinary Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

For further details, call the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at 407-646-2526 or visit the Cornell's website at www.rollins.edu/cfam.  The Cornell Museum is located on the Winter Park campus of Rollins College.  All programs are offered free of charge to the public.